Where does “kawana” come from?

kawana (Laboya) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ka-)wanan, from Proto-Austronesian (ka-)wanaN — right.

kawana (Laboya): right direction

Definitions

  1. right direction

Ancestry of “kawana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ka-)wananright
2Proto-Austronesian(ka-)wanaNright
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (ka-)wanaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ka-)wanan →